Chapter 516 Whispers of Devotion.

Damien closed his eyes, and a teardrop trickled down from the corner of his eye.

His voice was low and quivered, “I don’t know.”

Cherise regained consciousness and immediately noticed her right hand wrapped in bandages.

“Mom!”

As Cherise awoke, the first image that flashed in Cherise’s mind was Charisa.

The haunting recollection was etched in her memory as she recalled Charisa being carried away on a stretcher, soaked in blood, just before she lost consciousness.

Mom’s health was already fragile.

Could she still endure?

“Aunt Charisa is fine.”

Zachary rose from his seat, grabbed a pillow, and skillfully positioned it behind Cherise, allowing her to relax against the headboard easily. Reflecting on the unsettling incident, he remarked, “I don’t know if Maeve hesitated at the last moment or if it was a mere slip of the hand.”

“She didn’t hit any of Aunt Charisa’s vital organs; Aunt Charisa barely managed to pull through.”

“Thirsty? Would you like a glass of water?”

“Mm.”

Cherise breathed a sigh of relief, but when she reached for Zachary’s glass of water, she noticed his heavily bandaged right hand and gasped.

Zachary noticed this, too.

Sensing her concern, he approached with water and gently asked, “Feeling better?”

“Mm.”

The girl nodded.

isn’t critical, her health

Cherise nodded.

see

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wait until

smiled reassuringly, “Don’t worry,

-Aunt Charisa is

care. I care for her as much as

to her, I wouldn’t be sitting here idly chatting with you.”

hesitated, and finally believed Zachary’s words.

“Where’s my father?”

be? He’s

glass of water. He

Charisa lay unconscious, he clasped her hand, expressing his longing to be by her side in the next chapter of life.”

trailed off.

Beckham also professed, “Ari, if you die, I

share this with

just recently accepted Aunt

she knew that Beckham was also contemplating.

once would be

her lips and sighed,

something and

something, but ultimately, no words left from

to ask about Damien?”

you want to ask

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